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Webster 1913 Edition

Pycnite

Pyc′nite

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] thick.]
(Min.)
A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pycnite

PYC'NITE

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Noun.
[Gr. compact.] A mineral, the shorlite of Kirwan, or shorlous topaz of Jameson. It usually appears in long irregular prisms or cylinders,longitudinally striated, and united in bundles.

Definition 2025

pycnite

pycnite

English

Noun

pycnite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pycnites)

  1. (mineralogy) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.

Etymology

Ancient Greek, meaning "thick".

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